Start with small steps, keep track of what you do, and regularly check and tweak your plans.

Is it different then regular insurance?

Most homes in Milwaukee sell with multiple offers, so instead of more contingencies or tests we currently see about 56% of all offers without even a regular home inspection.

If this is Hamilton Couty, there are three or four lawyers who have regular dockets in the Eviction room.

Might be worth chatting with the great folks at Dirtfish if they would be willing to promote your vacation rental or even package it, they have wealthy clients coming from out of town regularly, and the local hotels are very expensive....any vacation rentals close by would probably make excellent options.

There are several skip tracing providers but oftentimes they use a database that isn't regularly updated.

Think about your down payment, which is often 3-5% of the home's price for regular loans and 3.5% for FHA loans.

More eyeballs on your offer equates to more opportunities, so expand where you are listed or show up on social media regularly.

But I'll need to build the road myself, which will likely be costly (especially since it'll involve clearing some trees first).Next to the property I'm buying there's a second nearly identical lot for sale that has the same access problem.

I’ve never made more than $50K from my W-2 and the highest paid year was during Covid when I got a bunch of bonuses for being a healthcare worker so was not indicative of my regular salary.